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County people read week than any cr*n9* B NEWS every ■ :range County Newspaper B SCBSC Bvo). 57 SUBSCRI8E TODAY. Vol. 57—No‘ 40 (Published Weekly) HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, N. a, THURSDAY,-OCTOBER 5. 1950 Price: $r a Year; 5c Single Copy Twelve Pages This Wee! L, ^ew Building And Loan Office Knew office building of ■ Hillsboro Building and Loan [f| -:,on which will be open for ■ -. . . ;Xu- ■ - . _ v- . inspection on Monday, Oct. 9. An board of directors on hand to act open house will be held from 4 , . . „ . ^ _ . , as tiosts for the occasion. to 8 p.m. with the officers and— •••• —^—=, forces Dominate rst Day Session iperior Court illsboro — Divorce cases took moc nf thp. opening day ses i o1 the Civil term of the Su ior Court with the Honorable ,ge Henry L. Stevens, Jr., pre ng. The court opened Monday, . 2. and will continue for the Lof the week. mother- case-heard was J . civil! t for personal injuries. Alease m. minor, by next friend, W. Horn, against -Denver Phillips, s settled for $800. The plaintiff irged that Phillips’ negligence, t caused her personal injuries, ctured skulk internal injuries I cuts and bruises. rite court ordered $467 set aside use of the -plaintiff, $120 to A. Horn for hospital, bills, ambulance service, and $200 B. -nner D. Sawyer for legal vice. A suit Brought against Wilbur j itz by Walter D. Creech was smissed.. Divorces granted on two years I Meat ion: Luzella Mae Burnett d Henry B. Burnett; Audrey Hogg Moore and Henry F. Moore, a Emma Louise Merritt Har av®» and Clarence Hargraves; ither Griffin Clark and Janie erritt Clark; Laura Farrar and nest Farrar; Novella Torain and He E. Torain; Alice Minor New- , an and Ed Newman; and Frances “McCauley and Ivan ^McCauley. ; - . - ♦ ' - , ’ ‘ .. -—o -—r -ight Reservists Merei To Report « Physicals Chapel Hill — Eight more Army ■^rvists from Orange County v* been ordered to report for J'sical examinations prior to be t called to active duty. ’ames released Tuesday in lde: Jack A. Prince, 11 incf ^rm, Chapel Hill; Cpl. i ffg* M. Berry, Efland; Sgt. tii.' ~SS Ro'coe T. Taylbr, Jr., T;00- Cpl. William D. Riley, Hd’ Sgt,* Charljp W. Staley, nsboro; Pvt. Dan M. Tate, Ef 0:1 CPI- Robert C. Willigan, ^P€i Hill- Cpl. Henry A. Height, ape) Hill. Deaton Resigns Local Pastorate Hillsboro — The Rev. T. Paul Deaton has tendered his resigns - tion as pastor of the First Baptist Church here effective by the end of this year. The resignation was tendered to the congregation last Sunday. -- Th» minister's .'pastoral tenure here has been the. subject of con troversy within the Baptist Church for several months, the congrega tion being divided" between those -Xawnring his retention and those demanding his ouster. In connection with the resigna tion. W. John Clayfoi. a member ( f the Church's B am of .Deacons •issued.* the following s'.atome«,u "Octeber 1, The Rev. T. Paul ■Deaton tendered his resignation tS-ii rpsrsfOr~- -o t the First Baptist Church in 'Hillsb to. X. C.. ef fective Jay .the end of the .' ear, 19bt). For the past tin tv years Mr. and Mrs. Deaton have, served the church here faithful!.-. They are well qualified for service. They are college graduates, and also graduates of the Baptist Seminary and W.M.U. Training School in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1944. Mrs. Deaton is efficient in the music and tV.M.U., and other phases of the church program. Mr. Deaton is a faithful pastor, and aggressive promoter of the work, arfo a sincere- and good preacher • f the Gospel. They have one ! child, a four year old son. “In 1944, Mr. Deaton served the Johnston Baptist Association for several months as associations! missionary. Following this he was jiastor ol. .the_ Baptist Church al Parkton, N." C , for three, years, before coming to Hillsboro. ! The minister’s letter, which was Lead to the congregation, stated aimrflv' “T[ ]T. Paul Deaton, am tendering my resignation to be come effective by the end of this year, 1^50, and sooner if oppor trn.ity will permit me. Thanks for every kindness and for the op portunity of having served you. ---o-— CONVENTION SOUND Chapel Hill — Paul H.- Robert-, son will leave from the Raleigh Durham airpoit on Oct. 5 for Los Angeles, CaliL, where he will at tend tfae National Convention of the American- Legion held there. : 25 Orange Men ' — - •' : •' ' .1-. _ v; . 1 ! Ordered To Report For Induction Hillsboro - Twunty - live young men. from Orange County have been ordered to report for in duction bn Oct. 27 to fill the - eounty'syjrait quota. These men will corn* from the group of 4f who passed the physi cal examination given Sept. 22. In ^addition, 58 men were sent to Raleigh tor-physical exams Wed j nesday. From this group, the next quota will be met. This information was released by Mrs, • Robert Copeland, local ~hoard clerk. -'--'.'C X 7—-V—r X~ *---o-— - -\ Stevens Roles Attempt To Sell Legion Hot Illegal Hillsboro — Judge Henry L. Stevens in Orange County Su- j pfcrior Court this week ruled that the meeting of the stockholders] -of Hillsboro Legion Memorial Hut, j Inc. on July 14, which resulted] in an attempt to sell the building I and dissolve the corporation, was illegal, and null and void; and ordered another meeting within 30 days to act -upon the question of dissolving the organization. The 75 shares of stock issued on or about July 1 or July 4 he declared ineligible for voting at the coming' meeting, inasmuch as it was issued within 20 days of the regular i meeting. The restraining order on sale of the hut watf continued and a report on the coming meeting was ordered to be filed with the cfaurt within 10 days after the meeting, j The treasurer was. directed, to. pre sent a CPA approved financial re port at the forthcoming stockhold ers meeting showing the exact fi nancial condition of the defendant corporation. . Mftfttission Holds Hearing On New Bank In Chapel Hill ^ a?e] Hill — The pips and )US,°‘ a Proposed branch of the »in am Bank and Trust Corm>any •i-AH '”stall6d m Chapel Hill were " “ere Tu«sday at an public ' ririg under the direction of rney p- Hood, state commis gg of banks. Seth * •argUinents brought forth by / s-des were the same as had jr «1fresen.ted earlier at meetings • Junior Chamber of Oom b,'®^ and the Chapel Cfll-Carr Chsn«) erc^lan^s ‘ Association. The ‘V, ** *thl Bank officials stressed ;rou^Hef that thtr^own lack bank Weaith to support two tj,e . and added that they felt *umSnii W3S servin* the com Pha.i,L,adequately- They also em . **3 the fact that their direc s ** W men. '-" The Durham bank officials; took the stand that competition in the banking business is healthy ana they stated that the town is large enbugh to support additional banking services. According o them. Ghapel Hill area is the on y one in the state with a population of i« nn: -fhat-r:-fa— bank. -—- . Both groups turned in sizable briefs giving the arguments of the two banks in detail. There was a great deal of disagreement on cer tain statements made by botn sides. The principal one dealt wit the population of Chapel Hr ■ Durham officials stated that official census records list ^population of the town within 1V2 mBes from the intersection of Franklin an Columbia Sts., at iS.OOO.Chapel Hill ofnciais ciarm me census ie cords show that 10,956 live in Chapel Hill and Bingham Town ships, including the University students, . Of the approximately 125 people present at the meeting, 40 express ed an opinion on the bank to the commissioners. The greatest ma jority spoke against having, ano^ rher bank in Chapel Hill. The final decision on the peti tion of the Durham Bank and Trust Company to open a branch bank here will be made on Oct. 18. by the Banking Commission in their regular ctuarUyly meeting in Raleigh. Hood stated that all facts and evidence given at this meeting will be turned over to the banking oommiksion at that time. _ ‘ ' / -—— V. Social Security Beneficiaries Get Higher Checks' . Each of the approximately 3, 00t> social security Jjeneticipries in this area will receive a substanti ally larger insurance check dur ing the week of Octobe,, 1, ac cording to Mrs. Nina Mj*vthews. Manager of the Durham £hce of Ihe Social Security Ad mint* ration. Throughout the country, the Set ternber checks fdr old - ~%e aiid survivors insurance will in ti mail on their usual ich«f3|$p0te second day of the fbllQWing-’inonth, but the three million beneficiaries who receive them will fliid that the amounts have been increased as authorized- by the re* nt tb mendments, to the Social Sectlfn.* Act. M The amendments, signal into law by the President just one month ago, on August 28, provided that larger payments should be gin for the month of September. "I have received word," said Mrs. Matthews, “that the checks are now all ready to go into the post offices in the last mail On October 2, at the Treasury disbursing offi ces. This should mean that most beneficiaries will receive their new larger payments on Tuesday, Oct ober 3, or a day or two later if they have normally been getting their checks on the 4th, 5th, or 6th." - - The increased September pay ments will be made automatically to all those who received August checks and are still eligible. Mrs Matthews said that new claims tiled since early. August ar in process. ~ ' ’ Increases range from 100% for lowest amounts under the old law, those who were receiving the to about 60% for those whose payments were iif the higher ^rackets. The August J9&0 pay ments. iff" this six-county area, paid under terms,of the old law, amounted to about $50,000. The new monthly payments to be re ceived next .week .will total ap proximately $94,000, the local manager estimates. Each new monthly benefit pay ment is based upon a table ofvjn creases set forth In the law, Mrs. Matthews said. The table shows exactly what each new payment j is to be, depending upon the pre ! vious benefit rate. | “Acting under the directive of Congress to make the first full [month’s payment after passage of the law show the new increases, area offices of the Bureau of Old Age and Survivors Insurance have worked all-out to make the neces sary changes quickly in the payee records of the 3,000,000 benefi ciaries. Cooperation of the Treasu ry Disbursing Offices, who actually write the <ffiecks, brought the job to completion in record time, “Mrs. Matthews said. ~ ^ Dates Are Ghrea Fer Electioa Registratioa Hillsboro — The Orange County Board of Elections is making prep arations for the November elec tions. E. J.- Hamlin, chairman of the elections body, stated that the registration books will open at 9 a.m. on Saturday, October 14 until sunset, -Saturday, October 28, with challenge day set for Novem ber 4. The chairman reminded all county voters that- they must be registered before they can vote in the general tlections. Regis trars will be at the polling place in each precinct for three Satur days and at their homes or busi ness places during the week. • In urging the citizens of Or ange. to register and vote, Hamlin said, “The best way to determine if you are registered is to check with your registrar.” -----o-_ TAX NOTICES MAIVgO Hillsboro v— Both county and town tax notices were mailed to 1(1,000 citizens in this area this week. Tjre county mailed out 9,500 and the Town of Hillsboro 512. The Board of County Commis sioners approved the 1949 tax set tlement of the Tax Collector Mon day, subject to audit by an audit ing firm, and announced that 94.4 per cent of last year's levy had been collected. 3 Hillsboro — Rising building costs,'Which "has thrown Orange County's $1,400,00 school building program completely askew, was the subject of grave deliberation I by the combined Boards of Coun ty Commissioners and Education j here Monday. The basic proposition was the j 1 ©conciliation., of commitments I - - ■ . . *'■ made during last year’s bond elec- ( tioncampaign and the stark ra-j alization that many of them eaundt! be full filled with monby avail-! able because of the current_mo- J bilization inflation spiral. One solution, proposed by the Board of Education and now un der consideration by the Com missioners, involved further con- j School Children's Insurance Endorsed Hillsboro — The Board of Edu cation this week endorsed a pro posal for voluntary accident in surance coverage tor school chil dren in OrangeCounty. The board took this action ’n Recognition of the fact that1?? nrV* lents continue to occur despite all’ precautions and upon the realiza tion that no plan exists for the school authorities to take care of such bills. The program presented by the Carolina Life and Accident In surance Company of Raleigh calls for coverage of any accidental in jury sustained while emoute be tween home and school, while in school or on grounds, while rid ing in a school or chartered bus under school supervision and while participating in athletics. Payments extend from $1,000 for loss of life to $5,000 for loss of limbs or eyes and $1,000 for medi cal expenses. * ~ , ■The matter will be presented tb’ the various schools by the comp any for* ironing out details and acceptance or rejection. Costs will be $1 per child when bought on an individuaf basis or .90 times the average daily attendance when bought on a group basis. In other business Monday the Board moved to. request the serv ices cf R. W. Isley, Aycock prin cipal, for the current school year in accordance with school regula tions after Isley admitted an er ror in the matter of his age on his application card and health certificate. The Board has a rule against requesting the services of employees pas. lij, the rule being waived in this case on motion of Charles Stanford, following re quest I'SlllMZdiltrleti^nd local school committees. Addi t iona 1 insurance totaling $47,500 was approved for new buildings in the system and new teachers, already at work as re sult of early attendance increases, Mrs. Langdon Berryman at Mur phey, and Mrs. Ila H. Lee at Ay cock, were approved. -i---o--—■—;—— HIGHWAY MEETING Hillsboro — Highway Commis sioner James Barnwell and his staff will hold one of their regular meetings here next Wednesday from 1O:S0 to 3 o'clock to discuss road problems with governing bodies of counties in the district and with delegations - who make appearances. Orange People To Attend Rally ft Farm Hillsboro — Orange County ot- i ficials and party leaders this week received invitations to at tend the Democratic Rally and barbecue to be held at the farm of Governor Kerr Scott,/ Friday at 4:30 p.m. I Appioximately 35 \nvitatl6ns were mailed to Orange County by members of the Alamance County YDC sponsors of tjte eyent which will feature an address J>y Senator Clyde R. Hoey. Approxi- j matelyr 6,000 people are expected to attend. B- Everetto Jordan, state execu- i ^tve committee chairman, stated that he plafts to bring die Demo cratic caravan which has been | touring western North Carolina this week,, to the barbecue. This group fWill include members of | the council of state and .several members of the state’s congres sional delegation. Senator Frank P. Graham has notified the Alamance -*■; JC that he plans to attend the rally which will officially “kick-oil**’ the de mon atic campaign wPKhmtancCk •-O-:- .. ; Tractor Accident ( Proves Fatal To Ralnh Neville Chapel Kill — Ralph Neville, 3®, of Route. 1, Chapel Hill" was killed when a tractor on which he was riding apparently ran off a road near his home Tuesday. There were no -witnesses to the accident. He was the son of thO late Claude and Ola Atwater Neville. Surviving are his wife; foulr children, Ann, Jane, Bryant and Claude Neville, all of the home; . -ur sisters, Mrs. P. L. Long and Mrs. W. E. Andrews, both of Dur ham, Mra. Blanche Anderson of Chapel Hill and Mrs, E. O. Hardee of Carrboro;' and a brother, E. C. Neville, Jr., of Rt. 1 Chapel Hill. Funeral arrangements are in complete. v TV Many Notables WiU Attend Inaugural j Ceremonies For President Cordon Cray I Chapel Hill — A number of prominent figures in national and international affairs have accepted invitations to attend the inaugural ceremonies for President^ Gordon Gray of the Consolidated Univer sity. Thp . ceremonies will be held at Greensboro, Gfiapel 'Hitl arid Raleigh, October 8, 9, and 10, re spectively. i The list includes W. Averill 1 Harriman, special assistant to pre j sidcht Truman on Foreign Affairs tand former ambassador to Russia j and Great Britain; W. Styart Sy npington, Chahmjc of the National Security Resources Board and for mer Secretary of the Air Forcef John Motley Morehead of New York, noted industrialist and che mist and former U. S. Minister to Sweden, and Mrs. Morehead; J. Howard McGrath. U. S. At o:ney General and former Chair man of the National Democratic Executive Committee; John W. Snyder, Secretary of the Treasury, and Mrs. Snyder; President Harry W. Chase of New -York University and Mrs. Chase; Senator Frank P. Graham, former President of the University of North Carolina, and Mrs. Graham, and Senator Clyde R. Hoey. The three-day inauguration pro gram will formally open Sunday, October 8, at the Women’s College, Greensboro, where Dr. Harold W. Tribble, jiewly-elected president of Wake Forest College, will de liver the inaugural sermon In Ay coek Auditorium. A special con vocation will be held there that afternoon at 3 o’clock with Df. Arthur H. Compton, Chancellor of Washington University (St. Louis) and Dr. Helen Maude Cam, pro fess<^£ of history, Harvard Univer sity, as speakers. Dr. James L. Morrill, president rof, the University of Minnesota;, Drr Lee Alvin DuBridge. presi dent of the California Institute ,jQf Technology, and Dr. George Dinsmore Stoddard, president of i the University of Illinois. will) “Speak at exercises to be held at I the University at Chapel Hill on Monday, October 9. There will be a dinner for delegates and official guests at 6:30 p. m. to be followed by per formances in the Morehead Plane tarium and a Reception: -- - Several hunderd delegates from l colleges and universities and lear- | ned socities and faculty members from the three institutions will be in the academic processioon. At the State College Coliseum in Raleigh Thursday morning, Octo ber 10. at 10:30, for the formal Installation of Mr. Graf; • > solidation of Negro schools in the Northern part of the county and the elimination of the proposed Efland Negro School from the building program and applying funds set up for this school to additional construction at Hills boro* • ' The immediate problem was the acceptance or rejection of bids on the addition to Central School at Hillsboro, As previously experi enced at Chapel Hill, bids ran con siderably higher than funds ap propriated, in this instance $29, 425.90. Architect Archie R,. Davis told both boards he had gone over plans for the 8-classrcmni addition — and lunchroom project for Hillst boro and was unable to modify . them so as to bring costs down to within the money allotted and comply with State specifteatiods He advised further that there was insufficient funds in all probabili ty for the ^proposed new buildings for Negroes at Cedar Grove and Etiand because of the increased costs and the Increased require ments for lunchroom facilities. Figures were presented point ing out that enrollment in the three small schools which would be consolidated into the new Ef land School had dropped 31 per cent since 1941-42 and decreases in all likelihood would continue. By elimination of the Efland School, it was estimated that six additional classrooms-could be built at Central School and pos sible some -funds left to apply ^©$dar Grove building which ’ will consolidate seven small schools m in that area^yWff5* Additional transporation invoiv - ed was said to be only five miles. The feeling of the Board of Education, as expressed to the Commissioners, was that if such consolidation could be brought about whereby needless duplica tion of lunchroom facilities were _ eliminated and money saved used for badly needed classrooms, die best interests of the people would be served. » In \he achool imur veon#>t bond campaign last year,. |l4',000 was set up for the Negro School at Cedar Grove, $100,000 for the addition at Hillsboro, and $74,000 I for the elementary school for Negroes at Efland. Inasmuch as use of a portion of the $400,000 received by Orange from the 50 million appropriated for school -construction by the last legislature will be involved, a conference ia v ~ [discuss the legality" of the move was scheduled yesterday between the county superintendet and John Cameron, Director of Sur veys of the State Board of Educa tion. - ; Following that, a meeting be tween county school officials and the Efland School committee and representative Negro citizens of the area will be held to ascertain local reaction. Jhe County Com missioners requested a report on these consultations at its melting-:— of October 11 in order that ac tion,. may be taken on Hillsboro ,J; bids within the 30 days limit since they were opened. The three schools which would be consolidated at Efland are Ef land, Gravelly Hill and High Rock with a combined first month en- ' -- ' rollment this year of 175. Under the proposal, these would be add ed to a total of 529 enrolled during the first month at Central, Ridge ^ Road, and Poplar Grove. The first month’s enrollment in the seven schools to be consolidated at Cedar Grove was *12. 'they are Carr, Cedar Grove, Grover, Harmony, Jordan's Grove, Sartin, and White Oak.... J... Grange Hoaar List To Be Chosen At Monday Meeting Hillsboro — The Pomona Gran ge meeting will be held at the New Hope Grange next Monday. The meeting will Begin at 8 oTc!b<ik. AM Grange members arc urged to attend. On the agenda for Monday night is a selection of the Grange i>oy and girl of the year from Orange County. Both the Junior and Sen ior dress revues will als6 he held. CUMIC CHANGE The October chest x-ray clinic at the Hillsboro Health Depart ment will be. held on Monday, October 16th, instead orf October Wh, as previously scheduled, ac cording to an announcement by Dr. O. David Gavin, District Health 4